| Paper |
Title |
Page |
| MOPLT003 |
Upgrading the LNLS Control System from a Proprietary to a Commercial Communications Environment
|
530 |
| |
- J.G.R.S. Franco, R.M. Ernits, M. Fernandes, A.F.A. Gouveia, J.R. Piton, M.A. Raulik, F.D.S. Rodrigues
LNLS, Campinas
|
|
| |
The LNLS Control System was built over a proprietary technology, due to governmental policy of information technology in the mid 80's. This made interfacing to commercial systems difficult, limited the technology transfer to the private sector, required a staff with specific knowledge and reduced the possibility of new implementations on the system. Nowadays, the cost to move all of our hardware to a commercial one is out of our budget. This paper describes a proposal, the viability study and first results to move only the communication interfaces to a commercial environment, keeping most of our hardware unchanged and opening the way to gradually move the system to widely accepted standards, when and if necessary. This solution allows a smooth implementation without long periods of machine shutdown and keeps the possibility to operate the machine concurrently between old and new communication interfaces.
|
|